Outside my place this evening

Nothing too flash, but a picture outside my home this evening. What the picture doesn't show is the cold southerly blowing into my face as I held the door open with my foot and tried to stabilise the camera against the door frame :-)

A little breezy today...

There was a bit of wind around today - not to much, but enough to be noticeable [gusting up around 35 knots or 65 km/hr].

Driving home, I caught sight of something very interesting in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay - sand was being blown up the beach, over the concrete barrier and over the road. After driving through this [the car sounded like it was being gently sand blasted], I turned around, drive back and parked upwind to get some photos.

The first photo is across the small bay, the second is one of the better photos and the last is a close-up from the first photo. You will need to click on the photos for a larger view. Enjoy!

Home Improvement # 4

In this fourth instalment in my long-running Home Improvement series, this week I have had to carpet installed throughout and lino in the kitchen.

Here are a couple of pictures from the kitchen and lounge, which gives you a bit of an idea of how it all looks. Next week I hope to have the double glazing installed. After that, the only thing left will be some curtains to protect the vision and psychological well-being of the neighbours :-)

Android mapping app

In preparation for an upcoming trip, I have found an Android mapping app that should make my life a lot easier in some strange cities. TravelDroyd is an app that apparently provides turn-by-turn navigation and a useful general map for many major cities around the world. I only say apparently as Wellington is not one of the cities and so I can't test it before I head off... Also, although the app is free [and comes with Berlin for free], the other maps are paid for.

There is another related app, MapDroyd which contains world-wide maps for free, but without the navigation and a few other features [yes, I have that app also]. Here are a couple of pictures.